Giant Curved LED Wall Fills Toronto BMO Branch June 6, 2019 by Dave Haynes I forgot when I had a 12-hour (planned) layover in Toronto a few weeks ago that I took a little time to check out some digital signage installs I had heard about, but not seen. Looking for a photo reminded me. This is a branch of the Bank of Montreal, street-level at the Manulife Centre …
LG Re-Announces Big Orlando Airport Video Wall (Worth Seeing!) June 5, 2019 by Dave Haynes LG is a bit cheekily re-announcing and re-marketing the vast videowall installation at Orlando’s airport that uses some 700 of its smart display screens. It pushed out a press release this morning encouraging AV pros coming in to Orlando International Airport next week for InfoComm 2019 to have a look. The screens have been there for …
Palms Facelift Includes 272 Foot Tall LED Mesh Wall Facing Strip June 3, 2019 by Dave Haynes When I was at DSE a couple of months ago, I had a high room with a Strip and west view, and every morning I’d see off in the distance a huge LED display being tested and perhaps burned in on the side of the Palms resort. That beast has since gone live – a …
Intersection Does Deal To Equip LA Metro Line With Smart City-style InfoStations May 29, 2019 by Dave Haynes The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) has done a deal with the media and tech company Intersection to install a new messaging and advertising network on the southern portion of the system’s Blue line, as part of rail line improvements. Customers riding the Metro Blue Line between Long Beach and Compton Stations will see …
IoT Weight Sensors On Sydney’s Commuter Rail Cars Show Occupancy Estimates On Platform Screens May 29, 2019 by Dave Haynes This is very clever and useful – commuters travelling on the rail network in Sydney, Australia can now make informed decisions on where to stand on a platform for the best shot at getting a seat. The rail authority, Transport for NSW, now has digital signage on platforms that shows which rail cars have seats …
Huge 107-Wide LED Canvas Celebrates San Francisco’s People And Past May 28, 2019 by Dave Haynes A huge, 107-foot-wide digital canvas is now lit up at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), with a year-long exhibition celebrating the city’s people and history. The exhibit is a digital mural that uses a 2.5mm fine pitch LED display made by SNA Displays and put in by frequent technical partner Sensory Interactive. …
New AI Exhibit’s Interactive Screen Creates Synthesized Versions Of Viewers May 24, 2019 by Dave Haynes A new interactive digital artwork at the Barbican in London uses camera sensors and a big digital display to generate unique digital forms of people who visit an exhibit called AI: More Than Human. At the entrance to the exhibition, the visitor is greeted by a screen which acts as a mirror, reflecting a unique …
This UK Digital OOH Campaign Only Fires Up When The Situation Gets Sneezy May 23, 2019 by Dave Haynes There’s no real revelation in content being updated or triggered based on open source data, but a new DOOH campaign goes the next step with a campaign for Piri allergy relief products that only goes live when pollen counts pass a certain threshold. The campaign is fully programmatic, from planning through to purchase of out-of-home …
Astonishing: AI Brings A Selfie-Friendly Salvador Dali Back To Life At His Florida Museum May 22, 2019 by Dave Haynes Hat Tip Kevin Cosbey/Arrow for spotting this project … This is flat-out astonishing – a museum that used AI deep fake technology to bring a dead artist back to virtual life at the museum built in his honor. The Dali Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida partnered with Goodby Silverstein & Partners to create an Artificial …
Expanded UNIQLO Store Takes Big Steps With LED May 22, 2019 by Dave Haynes The expanded UNIQLO store at Toronto Eaton Centre – a huge indoor mall in the city’s central business district – has a staircase that’s now lined with LED risers. The stairs were custom-made by Ottawa’s UTG Digital Media for the expansion. They are 27 feet wide and have 13 shock-absorbent steps, all of which can display …
